Little Library Of Banned Books の小説・ストーリー

"Child, you don't need to ask. This house is far too quiet anyway. The library is yours. Use whatever you need. Knowledge is the only thing they can't take away from a woman." Zara felt a lump in her throat. "Thank you, Begum." "Go," Salma smiled. "But don't stay up too late. The law is a jealous master; it will steal your sleep if you let it." The Midnight Library Zara waited until the house went silent. She changed into her simplest cotton suit—the one she had arrived in—and made her way down the dark hallways. The library was a cathedral of lost knowledge. The ceiling was so high it was lost in darkness, and the walls were lined with thousands of leather-bound books that smelled of aged p

He props an elbow on the table, his chin on a fist. "Yes. At a time when there wasn't much kindness around, Benny tried." Expressionless, "What did he do?" The stew I just ate sours as I seek memories I usually suppress. "There was a day... There weren't many books in Blessingmoors. I think they only kept the ones they had to fool the authorities. But there was one. It was my favourite. 'The Thousand and One Nights'. You know, the Arabian Nights..." The smallest of nods. "One of the men there, one of the staff, ripped it up..."

Mason snorted, as though he were surprised. "You're really surprised?" Breyona turned, c**king an eyebrow at a smirking Mason. "I guess I shouldn't be." Mason chuckled, "They lock the library? What if you wanted to go in?" "They know I hate stepping foot in their library." Breyona shook her head, a grin on her face as she pulled a small silver key from one of the drawers. "History books make my brain go numb. I prefer the wonderful world of fiction."

But I had caught her reading a book every now and then. "The books here are thousands of years old," I told her. "You can pick whatever you want, Love." We went our separate ways, searching for books that I thought would have useful information that would help Mikhail. I never let her get out of sight though. I saw the book she picked up and I saw that it was about fayes. A shy smile grew on her face. She wanted to know more about her kind. I found a book on vampire venom and thought it would be useful. I decided to not check out these books. It was easy because the library was empty just then. I put them in a bag so no one would see the titles of the books.

Kinks: Blackmail fantasy, public risk, oral worship, glasses kink. In the hushed, dimly lit expanse of the grand library, the scent of aged parchment and dusty tomes filled the air. The soft hum of the fluorescent lights overhead cast a cool glow on the polished wooden floors. Among the towering shelves, Laila, the librarian, was engrossed in a book, her eyes hidden behind her thick-rimmed glasses. Her fingers traced the pages, her cheeks flushed with a secret pleasure as she lost herself in the smutty tale.

The books they had on the subject seemed sadly outdated and she silently wondered if this exercise would bear results. Eli, being the Head Librarian, was able to sniff out what they needed fast, and she was sure the seven books on the desk were about all he could find. Most of them dealt with hauntings and spirit possessions, but none it seemed, could tell her how to kill an evil spirit. Not just banish it, but kill it and send it hurtling to hell, where it belonged.

I stopped by the library—the same one I’d visited as a girl, the place where I first found stories about women who dared to rise beyond the walls they were born in. Mrs. Bertram, the head librarian, recognized me immediately. “You’ve grown into yourself,” she said as she welcomed me inside. I smiled. “I’m trying.” “I heard about the Foundation. And the baby. Congratulations.” “Thank you.” “I always said you had a story inside you.” “I think it just took time to find its voice.” I donated a dozen books from the Barlowe house—stories I wanted other young girls to find: Jane Eyre, Little Women, The Secret Life of Bees, Becoming, The House on Mango Street, and more.

I stopped at the library door and smiled to myself. ‘Books are better than people. Books don’t hate on you for something you didn’t do.’ I pushed the door open and breathed in the wonderful smell of books. ‘Paradise.’ I strolled to the shelves and scanned through the books, reading their names off their spines. ‘It seems Dante wasn’t joking when he said half of his library was filled horrors.’ A book caught my eye, and I pulled it from the others. “Bone and Souls by B. Brian.” I read the name aloud and skimmed through the description behind it. “This seems interesting.”

That way, she would never have the displeasure of hearing the name of Michael, Elisabeth or Aaron Vamcap again. Fortunately, there were more useful books there than she realized, since that place wasn't actually called a library for nothing. It was much larger than it looked, and among the huge collection of titles there were not only books on diverse subjects, but also a plethora of old novels, some in their first editions, which even made Rose a little more excited about the place, imagining that he could at least run away to read all that, while avoiding the Vamcaps... Or, at least, in the moments when Jullian allowed him to, so that his hideous presence wouldn't scare anyone.